tornado or …?
I was staring at this picture I’d taken of a daffodil, trying to figure out its name, when that fellow in my life walked by and said, “That looks like a tornado,” and then he walked on. What do you...
View Articlethe world through my windows
Windows On The World is a series on The Paris Review website where writers share the world they see through their windows. Once I read the latest entry by Taiye Selasi about her view from her room in...
View Articletealight
I remember a furry little friend discovering my tealight candles. She turned around and tried to pretend she hadn’t been poking her face where she shouldn’t but somehow the scorched whiskers gave her...
View Articleorchid dispatches
I knew it was going to be a long day of traveling from site to site, and so I told a friend that I would send him dispatches from the road. Instead, I find myself choosing to share some dispatches...
View Articlea bee and branches in the arboretum
You can learn more about the Arnold Arboretum, and all its great diversity, here.
View Articlearnold arboretum reflections
As I took these photos, with my camera focused at the surface of a shallow pool, a little girl watched me. I heard her mother’s encouraging words, “Go ask her what she’s doing. Go ahead.” She took...
View Articlebeautiful grays
Through the rippled window in black and white. Where’s the beauty? I’m not sure. I just know I find it all mesmerizing. And I hope you enjoy. Here’s the view in spring.
View Articleflight
I was standing by the window waiting for them all to take flight and so I nearly missed the one that did.
View Articlecuban oregano
It is a gift that keeps giving. The herb with one hundred names. Oregano on steroids. My friend simply introduced it as cuban oregano when he handed me the little pot several years ago. It is a...
View Articlegray shades
It’s a little gray outside today so I thought I’d play around with that shade as I photographed the tulips.
View Articledroplets
One of the wonders of an indoor garden for me is the opportunity to look back. I can snip my sprouts, in this case sunflowers, and then after tossing them onto a plate, I can look back at their pot...
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